Postoperative high-dose steroids do not improve mid-term survival with native liver in biliary atresia

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 712-719

  Petersen, Claus ^a   Harder, Dörthe ^a   Melter, Michael ^a   Becker, Thomas ^a   Wasielewski, Reinhard V ^a   Leonhardt, Johannes ^a   Ure, Benno M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BILIARY ATRESIA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 40949118564     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01721.x     Document Type: Article

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